"Your grandad – he's a one, eh?" "What do you mean?" "Oh, I mean, he's a character. You know, a one-off." "Ah. Yeah, he is. They broke the mould when they made him, that's for sure."
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One-off
Synonyms for "one-off" (6 found)
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4 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesTranslations
43 translations across 17 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- eenmalige adj (occurring once; one-time)
Bulgarian
3 entries- единствен adj (singular; unique; special; remarkable)
- еднократен adj (occurring once; one-time)
- уникален adj (singular; unique; special; remarkable)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 一次性 adj (occurring once; one-time)
Czech
1 entries- jednorázový adj (occurring once; one-time)
Danish
2 entries- engangsforeteelse noun (something that is done only once)
- engangsfænomen noun (something that is done only once)
Dutch
1 entries- eenmalig adj (occurring once; one-time)
Finnish
4 entries- ainutkertainen adj (occurring once; one-time)
- ainutkertainen adj (singular; unique; special; remarkable)
- ainutlaatuinen adj (singular; unique; special; remarkable)
- kerta adj (occurring once; one-time)
French
4 entries- inouï adj (occurring once; one-time)
- non récurrent adj (occurring once; one-time)
- ponctuel adj (occurring once; one-time)
- unique adj (occurring once; one-time)
German
4 entries- eine Eintagsfliege sein adj (occurring once; one-time)
- einmalig adj (occurring once; one-time)
- einmalig adj (singular; unique; special; remarkable)
- einzigartig adj (singular; unique; special; remarkable)
Hungarian
4 entries- egyedi adj (singular; unique; special; remarkable)
- egyedülálló adj (singular; unique; special; remarkable)
- egyszeri adj (occurring once; one-time)
- kivételes adj (singular; unique; special; remarkable)
Irish
1 entries- aonuaire adj (occurring once; one-time)
Norwegian
2 entries- engangs adj (occurring once; one-time)
- enkelt adj (occurring once; one-time)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- engangsfenomen noun (something that is done only once)
- engangsforeteelse noun (something that is done only once)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- eingongsfenomen noun (something that is done only once)
Polish
1 entries- prowizorka noun (something that is done only once)
Russian
4 entries- еди́нственный adj (occurring once; one-time)
- едини́чный adj (occurring once; one-time)
- однократный adj (occurring once; one-time)
- одноразовый adj (occurring once; one-time)
Swedish
2 entries- engångsföreteelse noun (something that is done only once)
- engångsföreteelse noun (something unique and remarkable)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
The concert was a one-off event.
Source: tatoeba (12602380)
He saw it as a one-off mistake.
Source: tatoeba (12602382)
The government insisted that the embarrassing loss of the tax records was a one-off event.
Source: wiktionary
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